To:L. B. KAMENEV

Dictated:Dictated by phone on January 1, 1922Published:First published on February 13, 1924 inPravdaNo. 35.

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KamenevCopies:BukharinandP. P. Gorbunov

ComradeKamenev:

Ihave just learned about Goldenberg’s death. They say
he had a heart attack. I very much fear, am almost sure,
that it is our negligence that is to blame in this case,
because he was an extremely sickly man, and we failed
entirely to take care of him. It is my earnest request that you
make arrangements:
1) for the funeral to be held properly
(I wonder if it is convenient to do this through the Moscow
Soviet or the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs);
2) then we should look after his wife, who is probably
absolutely without any money and who, I happen to know,
is absolutely helpless and unadapted to the present
Russian life;
3) we should also have the press carry an obituary.

Hewas obviously sent to his grave by his life as an
émigré and by our Russian negligence. We have been losing
valuable workers in an absolutely unpardonable
manner.[1]

[1]Atthe top of the document, C.P.C. and C.L.D. secretary Lydia
Fotieva wrote: “To N. P. Gorbunov, Nikolai Petrovich,
Vladimir Ilyich wants you to see that what Kamenev undertakes should
be fulfilled as soon as possible, that is, to put pressure
wherever necessary. 1/I–22.L. Fotieva.”

Theobituary on “losif Petrovich Goldenberg (Meshkovsky)” was
published inPravdaon January 3, 1922.